Live auction - brm_456633 - THEODOSIUS I Maiorina pecunia, (MB, Æ 2)
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| Estimate : | 250 € |
| Price : | no bid |
| Maximum bid : | no bid |
| End of the sale : | 31 October 2017 15:22:23 |
Type : Maiorina pecunia, (MB, Æ 2)
Date: 383-388
Mint name / Town : Antioche
Metal : copper
Diameter : 24 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 5,60 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 1re
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire de qualité exceptionnelle sur un flan large et irrégulier. Beau portrait de Théodose Ier. Revers bien venu à la frappe. Patine noire
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la collection du Docteur S
Obverse
Obverse legend : D N THEODO-SIVS P F AVG.
Obverse description : Buste de Théodose diadémé, drapé et cuirassé vu de trois quarts en avant (A'b) ; diadème perlé et gemmé.
Obverse translation : "Dominus Noster Theodosius Pius Felix Augustus", (Notre seigneur Théodose pieux heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : VIRTVS E-XERCITI/ -|-// ANTA.
Reverse description : Théodose en habit militaire et diadémé, debout à droite, tenant un étendard chrismé de la main droite et un globe de la gauche, et renversant un captif à droite d'un coup de pied.
Reverse translation : “Virtus Exerciti”, (La Virilité de l'armée).
Commentary
Rubans de type 3 aux extrémités bouletées. Magnifique diadème composite perlé et gemmé. Cabochon carré. Ptéryges larges et tombantes.
Historical background
THEODOSIUS I
(01/19/379-01/17/395)
Theodosius I, of Spanish origin, was the son of General Theodosius, executed in 375. After the disappearance of Valens in Adrianople in 378, Gratian chose him to assist him. Theodosius I, who became august in 379, succeeded in restoring the unity of the Roman Empire. He had to face the usurpation of Magnus Maximus between 383 and 388 and that of Eugene from 392 to 394. In 394, the Empire was reunited for the first time in thirty years. Upon his death, his inheritance will be divided between his two sons, Honorius for the West and Arcadius for the East. Theodosius I founded a dynasty that would reign over the Eastern and Western empires for nearly eighty years before the fall of Rome.
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